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The videos and votes are all in! Here are the top videos in each category – judges will deliberate to select the winners.

For Category #1, General Issue Ads, the top videos were (in no particular order):

“I will not be silenced”, “Alyssa wants to be a Senator”, “A penn a day to keep corruption away”, “America’s Biggest Hypocrite”, “The Government We Created”, "Americans are fed up", “This is your country”, “Money Talks”, “Money Looms Over All”, “The Devil’s Making a Call”, "Money in politics = corruption", and “Get the Money Out 2”.


For Category #2, Candidate Specific Ads, the top videos were (in no particular order):

“William the K St. Lobbyist vs. Iowa”, “Aaron supports Staci”, “Upton’s World”, and “Help Candidate Carol Shea-Porter”.


Note: the 10 videos with the most votes as of the initial deadline of 5 p.m. ET October 16, 2014, as well as the 10 videos with the most votes after the 24-hour additional voting period, are included as finalists. Due to significant overlap, this resulted in 11 finalist entries for Category #1, each of which will be reviewed by the judges. Please contact info@mayday.us with any questions.

How the contest works

Inspired by MoveOn's "Bush in 30 seconds" video ad contest from a decade ago, we're asking citizens to create 30-second video ads that could be aired on national TV. Our all-star panel of judges – George Takei, Jason Alexander, Shepard Fairey, Zephyr Teachout, Marianne Williamson, Baratunde Thurston, Anna Galland and Cenk Uygur – will review the top entries and select the winners. 

We are excited to work on this contest in partnership with our friends at MoveOn.org, and with support from partners such as PCCC and Rootstrikers.

Judging Details

Videos will be evaluated by our Contest Committee using the following criteria:


  • Does the video effectively communicate the MAYDAY message?
  • Does the video make compelling the importance of money in politics?
  • How creative is the video in delivering the concept/message?
  • Does the video have the “x” factor that a true political ad would need to move the needle on the issue of money in politics?
  • For videos in Category #2, candidate specific ads, does the video effectively support one of MAYDAY’s pro-reform candidates?

We have entrusted our esteemed panel of “Supreme Court” judges to evaluate these videos against these criteria to select the winning entry in each category. Best of luck to all of our entrants!

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The Fine Print

  • We reserve the right to take down any content deemed by us to be off topic or inappropriate.
  • Selection process: Winners will be selected in each category by earning the highest number of votes. Top ten vote-getting videos in each category will be reviewed by a Contest Committee, composed of celebrity judges (George Takei, Jason Alexander, Shepard Fairey, Zephyr Teachout, Marianne Williamson, Baratunde Thurston, Anna Galland and Cenk Uygur) and Mayday staff. The Committee will select a winning video in each category. Within our discretion, the winning videos may be aired in district races.
  • All videos must be licensed freely (CC-BY).
 

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  • Quick run down of how it's all interconnected. Removing the money in politics is where we must start to write so many wrongs.
    cameronriera
    38 votes
  • American history is defined by a struggle for representation, with subsequent national movements - from civil rights to lgbt rights - part of the same effort. Today, all our struggles are imperiled by the insidious threat of money to our democracy.
    njlyell
    256 votes
  • GENERAL
    wsautter
    9 votes
  • "GENERAL" ad on corrupting money in politics
    sheiden
    31 votes
  • This video is type on a Windows document with the main points of why we have an election every two to four years. This video focuses general issues because we need to know the issues first before understand the candidates. 30 seconds GENERAL (category #1)
    dauthrt
    2 votes
  • Aaron Supports Staci
    acamp90
    2 votes
  • Puppet perspective on voting GENERAL #MAYDAYin30
    seawolf
    7 votes
  • GENERAL , #MAYDAYin30
    coa721
    13 votes
  • GENERAL Ending money in DC #MAYDAYin30
    politics
    8 votes
  • russbuis
    4 votes
  • Let's Reclaim our Democracy! GENERAL #MAYDAYin30
    Jeremiah99
    7 votes
  • Money Talks! — A supporter of "Citizens United" fantasizes about being a stack of corporate cash performing stand-up comedy for a packed house of adoring fans.
    williamrice63
    118 votes
  • Northwest Animal puppets dicussing corporations GENERAL #MAYDAYin30
    seawolf
    6 votes
  • A Message On Why We Need To Vote In November
    jgsf1987
    2 votes
  • The Political Pig
    bobmiller321
    2 votes
  • 30 second TV spot to support the MAYDAYPAC
    theBULLYexposed
    26 votes
  • How bad our economy is parody of reality
    goodlucks
    0 votes
  • The Government We Created #MAYDAYin30 - GENERAL
    nancy
    364 votes
  • Americans can vote for laws with our computer.
    mustangruss47
    4 votes
  • The Political Pig
    bobmiller321
    1 vote
  • sambluedaisy
    5 votes
  • A Washington DC power broker gloats about the influence of money in politics, but is heckled by an off-camera patriot.
    williamrice63
    118 votes
  • GENERAL—“Don’t Vote Crazy”
    sheiden
    42 votes
  • This is a 30 second video pitch plus a description of the rationale for the ad. This is more of a conceptual prototype for a national ad campaign than a finished product. I wish I had some talent for filming and producing video. I have almost none.
    mark
    46 votes
  • "General" (replaces prior with WRONG voting date--DOH!)
    sheiden
    45 votes
  • valeriedavis6541
    22 votes
  • HELP CANDIDATE CAROL SHEA-PORTER
    kathyhyman41
    4 votes
  • GENERAL- A penny a day to keep corruption away- #MAYDAYin30
    democracymatt
    129 votes
  • GENERAL #MAYDAYin30
    wsautter
    3 votes
  • Get the money out of politics
    jbeile
    105 votes
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